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Q&A: When and how does anxiety become a problem?
Short-term anxiety is a normal response to stress, but more needs to be done to understand and treat longer-term anxiety disorders, which affect the lives of millions of people across Europe and...
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Making coal from food waste, garden cuttings – and even human sewage
Food waste, garden cuttings, manure, and even human sewage can be turned into solid biocoal for energy generation, and, if scaled up, could help match the industrial demand for carbon with the need to...
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By recreating phobias and panic attacks, neuroscientists aim to improve...
by Fintan Burke Tracking the brain’s reaction to virtual-reality-simulated threats such as falling rocks and an under-researched fear reduction strategy may provide better ways of treating anxiety...
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Q&A: How physics could explain why people respond differently to coronavirus...
Some people’s immune systems contain pre-existing protection against coronavirus, indicating that they have encountered a similar infection to Covid-19 before, according to Dr Aleksandra Walczak, a...
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Why does coronavirus make people lose their sense of smell?
by Ian Le Guillou To begin with, it was just anecdotal reports. Ear, nose and throat specialists from around the world were sharing their experiences on online message boards – they were all seeing a...
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What anxiety does to our breathing
Stressful situations can cause anxiety, our body’s natural response to stress. But feelings of apprehension can also be accompanied by physical effects such as rapid breathing, increased heart rate...
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Bacteria are always at war. Understanding their use of weapons may lead to...
by Ian Le Guillou A small glimmer of light passes from one bacterium to another. Under the microscope it might not look like much, but there’s a deadly battle underway: the second cell has just been...
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Q&A: ‘We are only at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic’ – Prof. Peter...
By Annette Ekin We’re only at the start of the coronavirus pandemic although the second wave may take a different form to the first one, says veteran virologist Professor Peter Piot, who has spent the...
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Does teenage anxiety have its roots in infancy?
The fact that teenagers worry isn’t necessarily a concern – it’s when the adolescent brain amplifies and distorts a simple worry that mental health problems can arise. As scientists aim to unlock why...
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Automated shipping coming to Europe’s waters
Moving more goods by water could reduce pressure on roads and cut emissions, yet Europe’s shipping industry is held back by labour shortages. Automated shipping – which would work in a similar way to...
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